Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 1440-1445 , June 2009

Predictors of limb loss despite a patent endovascular-treated arterial segment

Presented at the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery 36th Annual Symposium in Las Vegas, NV, March 5-8, 2008.

  • Mohammad Usman Nasir Khan, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
    • ,
  • Purandath Lall, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
    • Division of Vascular Surgery, VA Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY
    • ,
  • Linda M. Harris, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
    • ,
  • Maciej L. Dryjski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
    • ,
  • Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
    • Division of Vascular Surgery, VA Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD, Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, VA Western NY Healthcare System, 3495 Bailey Ave, Buffalo, NY, 14215

Received 14 December 2008 ,Accepted 3 February 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(09)00526-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.02.226

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 1440-1445 , June 2009

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